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AP Film Writer Horror movies topped the domestic box office charts and an Oscar contender got off to a sparkling start this weekend. “Smile 2,” in its first weekend, and “Terrifier 3” in its second proved to be the big draws for general movie audiences in North America, while the Palme d’Or winner“Anora” got the

Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The prominent American writer Anne Applebaum has urged continued support for Ukraine with weapons in accepting a prestigious German prize. She argued that pacificism in the face of aggression is often nothing more than appeasement. Applebaum made her appeal to an audience Sunday in Frankfurt, where she was awarded

Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Georgia authorities say they are investigating the catastrophic failure of a dock gangway that collapsed, killing seven on Sapelo Island off the state’s Atlantic seacoast. Crowds gathered Saturday for a fall celebration by the historic island’s tiny Gullah-Geechee community of Black slave descendants. Georgia Department of Natural Resources Commissioner

Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — Many Cubans waited in anguish late Sunday as electricity on much of the island had yet to be restored days after a country-wide blackout. Their concerns were heightened as Hurricane Oscar slammed into Cuba’s eastern coast, lashing it with heavy wind and rain. Energy Minister Vicente de la O Levy

AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — The French soccer league has condemned homophobic chants made by some Paris Saint-Germain fans during the home game against Strasbourg on Saturday. PSG is playing bitter rival Marseille next Sunday and the offensive slurs were made about its midfielder Adrien Rabiot. He is a former PSG player who made

Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The defense ministers of Japan, the U.K. and Italy have agreed to accelerate the joint development of a next-generation fighter jet. Japanese officials announced Sunday that a trilateral government organization would be established to work with the parties producing the craft. The three countries agreed in 2022 to jointly produce

Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Rwanda’s health minister said Sunday that an outbreak of the Marburg virus is not spreading in the country, citing the absence of new infections or deaths in the past six days. Sabin Nsanzimana told reporters in Kigali, the Rwandan capital, that there was no community transmission and all positive

Associated Press BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — The lawn of Nick Hannawa’s suburban Detroit home is lined with political signs backing candidates for prosecutor, supervisor and local trustee. But Hannawa isn’t promoting his presidential pick. He says he doesn’t want the headaches in an polarized election year. In this part of swing state Michigan, many

AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Americans who think of petrified hot dogs, frozen burritos and salty snacks when they imagine getting food at a gas station or truck stop may be pleasantly surprised during their next road trip: U.S. convenience stores are offering them more and better — though not necessarily healthier —

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Left-leaning voter engagement groups that saw a surge in support and energy after Vice President Kamala Harris replaced President Joe Biden as the Democrats’ White House nominee are aligning with a key pillar of her campaign in the final stretch before Election Day — trying to turn out uncommitted voters

Associated Press FEASTERVILLE-TREVOSE, Pa. (AP) — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump manned the fry station at a McDonald’s in Pennsylvania on Sunday before staging an impromptu news conference, answering questions through the drive-thru window. As reporters and aides watched, an employee showed Trump how to dunk baskets of fries in oil, salt the fries and

Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Yehuda Bauer, one of Israel’s foremost Holocaust scholars who shaped the way people around the world study and learn about the Holocaust, has died in Jerusalem. He was 98. No specific cause of death was given by the Yad Vashem, Israel’s national Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem, which announced

Associated Press CAMBRIDGE, New York (AP) — After he and his fellow monks sang morning prayers in their church nestled in a forest, Brother Luke walked back to his residence to be greeted by a different kind of choir. Lucy and Iso excitedly woofed as they spotted the Orthodox monk, who heads the monastery’s German

JABLANICA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Residents and activists in central Bosnia are pulling out debris and trash from a lake in a region that was devastated by deadly floods and landslides. Using boats and motor vehicles, the volunteers on Sunday scooped up plastics, wood and other objects that were swept away by raging waters during the